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Blues Shut Out Sharks 4-0

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By Mary Walsh

The San Jose Sharks fell 4-0 to the St. Louis Blues at the Scottrade Center on Friday–their second loss in a row, both to Central Division teams. Goals came from Alex Pietrangelo, Ryan O’Reilly, Jaden Schwartz and Alexander Steen. Chad Johnson made 33 saves for the shutout. Sharks goaltender Aaron Dell made 27 saves on 31 shots for the Sharks.

Each team had four power plays, but all of the goals were at even strength. It was the sixth win of the season for St. Louis and the sixth loss for the Sharks.

After the game, Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer said: “I think yesterday we were reckless but we had energy. Today we were reckless without energy.”

Sharks captain Joe Pavelksi said: “We’re a better team than we showed the last two games. Just the simple breakdowns, kind of getting out of the system, we kind of see what happens. It can cost you.”

Asked about the Sharks’ defensive game, Pavelski said: “I’m fine with our foundation, you know, I’m really satisfied with that. It’s about us executing it a little bit better. And we need to be a little bit more committed to it.”

Asked if the breakdowns might be attributed to having new faces on the team this season, Sharks forward Logan Couture said: “We’re 17 games in. It’s almost a quarter of the season. You can use that excuse for one or two or maybe even three, you can’t use it for 17. So, we’ve got to figure it out.”

After the game in Dallas on Thursday, coach DeBoer made some line changes. Marcus Sorensen was with Joe Pavelski and Joe Thornton, while Evander Kane was on a line with Antti Suomela and Joonas Donskoi. Barclay Goodrow was on a line with Rourke Chartier and Melker Karlsson. With Tomas Hertl still out with concussion symptoms, Kevin Labanc was on the top line with Logan Couture and Timo Meier. On defense, Tim Heed stepped into Joakim Ryan’s spot with Brent Burns. Aaron Dell was in net, which was to be expected in the second game of back to backs.

The Blues scored at 14:50 of the first period. The teams were playing four on four, with Joe Pavelski and Vince Dunn in the box for mutual slashing penalties. Ironically, no one was in the box for Alex Pietrangelo’s stick to Barclay Goodrow’s face, which sent the Sharks forward to the room for repairs.

Just over 30 seconds into the penalties, Pietrangelo caught a pass from Vladimir Tarasenko right in the slot. He had time to pick a spot and shoot over Dell’s shoulder. Assists went to Tarasenko and Ryan O’Reilly.

The Sharks ended the first period in the middle of a power play. That power play wound down without a goal to start the second period. The Blues extended their lead with a goal at 5:28 from Ryan O’Reilly. The Sharks had been outshooting the Blues 5-0 on the period, including some short-handed chances, but play went the other way and Tarasenko got the puck out from behind the Sharks net to Jaden Schwartz. Schwartz sent the puck across the slot to O’Reilly, who caught Dell moving across.

Almost ten minutes later, the Blues scored again. This time, the goal followed a prolonged assault from St. Louis. The Sharks were forced to ice the puck and the Blues took advantage of tired defenders. Jaden Schwartz went to the net an awaited a pass from Tyler Bozak to his right. the short pass set him up for a nice shot over a moving goalie. Assists went to Bozak and Alexander Steen.

The Blues ended the second period on a power play and started the third finishing it off. The Sharks got their third power play of the game at 8:11 of the third. The power play was not very strong and the Sharks gave up a short-handed breakaway to Bozak in the final seconds. Dell was able to prevent another goal.

At 12:21, Steen scored a fourth for the Blues while Sharks got tangled up with a flurry of Blues skaters in the slot. Steen skated around and through the traffic and put his shot over Dell’s pads. Assists went to Bozak and Colton Parayko.

Brent Burns took a tripping penalty moments later, putting the Sharks on the penalty kill. The Blues did not take chances with their power play and killed time, holding the zone. Dell made a good glove save on Parayko, but didn’t have to make many saves for that penalty kill.

The Sharks next play on Sunday back in San Jose against the Calgary Flames at 6:00 PM PT. That game will kick off a six-game homestand for Team Teal.

Shore takes game full circle as Stars top Sharks 4-3

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By Pearl Allison Lo

Devin Shore scored the first and final goal for the Dallas Stars as he broke the third period tie at American Airlines Center on Thursday versus the San Jose Sharks.

Both teams scored in each period and went scoreless on the power play, the Stars 0-for-1 and the Sharks 0-for-3.

Dallas’ Tyler Seguin broke a 12-game goalless drought and San Jose’s Evander Kane ended an 11-game scoreless drought.

The Stars outhit the Sharks 24-9 and San Jose in turn outshot Dallas, 36-22. The Sharks had double-digit shots in each period, while the Stars were held to under 10 per period.

San Jose’s Joe Thornton became the 19th player to play in his 1500th NHL game and nearly re-tied the game with time winding down in the third period.

Sharks’ coach Peter DeBoer called it “a strange game” and captain Joe Pavelski commented on “shot blocking. We can be more desperate about our d-zone. There’s no question about our goaltending.”

Valeri Nichushkin passed back to his right, Seguin across and Shore shot up to his right to form somewhat of a triangle, as Dallas made it 1-0 at 8:57 of the first.

The red hot Timo Meier later tied the game up with his 12th NHL-leading goal. He shares this statistic with three others. Logan Couture made a short pass up ice in the left faceoff circle to Kevin Labanc, who made a sharp pass to Meier in the crease. Meier converted in the open spot to the right of goalie Anton Khudobin at 14:18.

In the second, the Stars turned the game into a 3-1 game with goals under a minute apart.

Seguin’s goal came when he intercepted Brenden Dillon’s pass to Erik Karlsson in the defensive zone at the top of the faceoff circles. Seguin followed by racing down the slot to score past goalie Martin Jones at 6:57.

Dallas’s third goal came when Jason Dickinson traded passes with Miro Heiskanen before passing to Gemel Smith, who tapped the puck over Jones’s right leg.

The Sharks got one goal closer at 11:17. Thornton made a sweet pass to Brent Burns who shot from the point. A kneeling Joe Pavelski then redirected the puck to make it 3-2.

30 seconds later, Radek Faksa received a four minute high sticking minor. San Jose had three shots on goal. Former Shark Roman Polak also blocked a shot.

San Jose broke even with the Stars for the second time at 7:46 of the third. Antti Suomela won the faceoff, sending the puck to Burns. Burns also made a sweet pass to Kane, whose shoulders dropped in relief after tallying.

For the final goal, Blake Comeau passed down ice to Dillon Heatherington. Karlsson blocked Heatherington’s shot, the puck rebounding to Shore, as he potted the puck at 14:13.

As the Sharks chased the game again, there were several close chances which Jones avoided, including a Mattias Janmar breakaway with 3:10 left.

With 1:03 left, Thornton got alone in front of Khudobin, but Khudobin closed the five hole as Thornton shot to make a crucial save.

Up Next: San Jose has scored three goals apiece in their last three games and are 2-1-0. All have been 4-3 games. The Sharks conclude their two-game road trip versus the Saint Louis Blues on Friday at 5 pm PT.

San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa Walsh: Sharks coming off some close games and a win against Minnesota last Monday

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On the Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 The San Jose Sharks are coming off a Tuesday night win to the Minnesota Wild 4-3. The Sharks had some good flow at the start of the game.

#2 The Sharks’ Tomas Hertl was the difference scoring the game-winner. How big has Hertl been for the offense?

#3 Talk about some of the offensive work the Sharks have been getting out of Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski, Erik Karlsson, Evander Kane and Brett Burns.

#4 The Sharks have 17 points and are just two points behind first place Calgary.

#5 It’s off to Dallas and St. Louis for this Friday and Saturday. How do you see these two matches coming up?

Mary Lisa does the Sharks podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Third Line Steps Up With Hertl Out, Sharks Beat Wild 4-3

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@SanJoseSharks photo: The San Jose Sharks kept Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk (40) busy all night long at SAP Center in San Jose

By Jerry Feitelberg

A late goal from Barclay Goodrow proved the difference-maker for the San Jose Sharks at the SAP Center Tuesday night, with team Teal beating the Minnesota Wild 4-3 after blowing a 3-1 lead. Two’s were wild for San Jose with four different players scoring their 2nd goals of the young season. A newly-formed third line of Joe Thornton, Barclay Goodrow and Marcus Sorensen combined for six points in the win.

With Tomas Hertl out of the lineup, the Sharks (8-4-3) needed some of their depth players on the lower lines to step up and start contributing. Tuesday they did just that, starting with Marcus Sorensen. Sorensen netted the first goal of the contest just under five minutes into play after Brent Burns’ masterful pass left Wild netminder Devan Dubnyk out of position. Sorensen tapped the puck into the empty net for the 1-0 lead. Burns’ assist was his 400th career point as a Shark.

Thornton continued his hot streak in the second period, netting his second goal in as many games since returning to the lineup after his knee infection kept him sidelined for most of the year. The goal was originally credited to Sorensen, who fired a perfect shot, but review showed that it glanced off Thornton’s shoulder and in for a 2-0 lead 5:36 into the second period.

The goal was Thornton’s 399th of his career on a night in which he tied American hockey legend Mike Modano for 19th all-time in games played with 1499. This was one of the first times since joining the Sharks that Thornton didn’t appear in the team’s top six forwards, instead centering the third line between Sorensen and Goodrow, who each assisted on Thornton’s goal.

Zach Parise scored with 7:04 left in the middle period before Antti Suomela added to the Sharks lead with just under three minutes left in the period. Sorensen picked up his third point of the game, assisting on Suomela’s tally.

The Wild answered back with a ferocious start to the final frame, scoring two goals in the first 4 minutes, with Jared Spurgeon and Matt Dumba beating Martin Jones to tie the game 3-3.

Goodrow scored the winning goal on the Sharks second strike, thanks to traffic in front of Dubnyk. Burns kept the puck in at the blue line and fired it on net, with Goodrow grazing the grease and tipping the puck past Dubnyk for a 4-3 lead 7:25 into the third.

Martin Jones would hold on to the lead in the Sharks net making 23 saves in total. San Jose didn’t go on the power play, but killed three Minnesota power plays. Dubnyk made just 18 saves in the loss. Eric Staal missed the game for the Wild (8-4-2) due to illness, ending his iron man streak at 330 straight games.

The Sharks head to Dallas to take on the Stars on Thursday, November 8 at 5:30 pm PT.

Sharks Sink Flyers in Overtime 4-3

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By Mary Walsh

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 in overtime Saturday. In the process, Timo Meier scored two goals, breaking Patrick Marlowe’s team record by scoring 11 goals in the first 14 games of the season. Goalie Martin Jones played his 200th game with the Sharks, the third goaltender to do so. He made 23 saves for the win. Joe Pavelski and Joe Thornton also scored for the Sharks. For the Flyers, Nolan Patrick, Jordan Weal and Jakub Voracek scored, while their goalie Calvin Pickard stopped 31 shots.

For the first time in 10 games, the Sharks gave up the first goal just 37 seconds in. Philadelphia’s Nolan Patrick carried the puck through the neutral zone, passed it to Oskar Lindblom on his left, who passed it back across behind Patrick to Travis Konecny on the right wing. Konecny found Patrick at the edge of the blue paint, and Patrick pulled the puck across in front of Jones, putting it under Jones as Jones moved left. Assists went to Konecny and Lindblom.

Meier tied the game at 3:15. Vlasic sent the puck in around the boards, where Hertl caught it behind the net. He carried it back over the goal line and made a pass almost behind him. Meier met the puck right in front of the blue paint and took the shot before Pickard could get across. Assists went to Hertl and Vlasic.

The Flyers took the lead again at 16:40 of the period with a goal from Jordan Weal. Wayne Simmonds brought the puck out from behind the net and centered it for Weal. Weal turned and took the shot quickly, with Dale Weise screening the goalie.

The Sharks started the second period with eleven seconds of penalty yet to kill. They had a second penalty to kill at 2:47. Midway through the kill, Brenden Dillon started an impressive short-handed attack with Couture and Burns. They created some good chances but did not score during the Flyers power play.

The Sharks tied the game at 10:35 of the second, on the power play. Kevin Labanc made a pass that looked enough like a shot for the goalie to commit to stopping it. Pavelski, below the faceoff circle across the ice from Labanc, caught the pass and took the shot too quickly for Pickard to get across. Assists went to Labanc and Burns.

A few minutes later, Hertl took a hit from Christian Folin and looked shaken up. Folin and Hertl appeared to have bumped helmets. There was was no call on the play and Hertl did not return to the game. Melker Karlsson took Hertl’s spot with Meier and Couture.

Jakub Voracek gave the Flyers another lead with just 30 seconds left in the second. Brent Burns had just taken a penalty and the Flyers were playing with delayed penalty time. Lindblom sent the puck up from below the goal line to Voracek high in the slot. Voracek took a quick shot and beat Jones glove side. Assists went to Lindblom and Ivan Provorov.

The Sharks had a power play early in the third period. The Sharks showed some urgency but the Flyers penalty killers were very aggressive and made it hard for the Sharks to come through the neutral zone or do much in the offensive zone. The Sharks made amends for that power play a few minutes later with an impressive shift in the Flyers’ zone. They kept the Flyers scrambling for what seemed like minutes. They got credit for two shots in that spell.

It ended with a too many men on the ice call as the Sharks slipped up trying to change. The Sharks made another short-handed attempt right at the start of that penalty kill, keeping the Flyers busy in their own zone for nearly a minute. They finished the kill off in a more traditional manner.

Thornton tied the game again with a strong shot from above the faceoff cirle, his first goal since January. An assist went to Labanc, who had carried the puck across the blue line and into the slot. His path blocked, he made the pass across to Thornton for the shot. The second assist went to Dillon.

At the end of regulation, the Sharks led in shots 34-25, though the big difference there came in the first period. In the second and third, the Flyers had just one less shot than the Sharks.

Meier ended the game just 13 seconds into overtime. Logan Couture bulled his way by Voracek to bring the puck into the offensive zone where he found Meier skating down the slot. Meier took the pass and the shot without hesitation.

Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer made some line adjustments prior to Saturday’s game. The successful trio of Couture, Meier and Hertl was reunited. Antti Suomela sat out while Rourke Chartier came in on the third line with Labanc and Joonas Donskoi. On defense, Erik Karlsson started with Dillon while Vlasic was paired with his partner of many seasons, Justin Braun.

The Sharks next play on Tuesday at 7:30 PM PT, hosting the Minnesota Wild.

San Jose Sharks podcast with Len Shapiro: Sharks couldn’t solve Bobrovsky on big shooting night; Sharks try to break 2-game skid tonight

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On the San Jose Sharks podcast with Len:

#1 The third period was brutal for the San Jose Sharks. Down 3-1, the Sharks couldn’t get any offense going as the Columbus Blue Jackets’ goalie Sergei Bobrovosky stopped 44 of 45 shots on Thursday night.

#2 The Jackets’ Bobrovosky got in front of everything, making him the top player of Thursday’s game.

#3 It was the first time San Jose lost in regulation since October 14th in New Jersey.

#4 The Sharks could have really took advantage with all the shots they had, but as Joe Pavelski said it didn’t feel like a 45 shots night.

#5 The Sharks host the Philadelphia Flyers Saturday night. Len sets up the contest.

Len does the Sharks podcasts each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Sharks Lose to Blue Jackets 4-1

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By Mary Walsh

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks fell to the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets Thursday by a score of 4-1. Despite outshooting Columbus 45-27, beating them soundly in the faceoff circle and taking the early lead with a goal from Kevin Labanc, San Jose could not beat the Blue Jackets’ defense or goalie again. Columbus goals came from Anthony Duclair, Seth Jones, Nick Foligno and Josh Anderson. Columbus goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 44 shots for the win. Sharks goaltender Aaron Dell made 23 saves for San Jose. The special teams were all penalty killers: the Sharks’ power play had three tries and did not score, and the Blue Jackets also failed to score with their power play.

After the game, Sharks captain Joe Pavelski said:

You look up at the end of the night and we have those shots. Didn’t probably feel like a 45 shot night. You know… the energy level was just a little bit off for us. But throughout that game we were right there at times, we just never found that spark we needed.

Logan Couture was asked about the ice, as the puck was bouncing a lot. He did not consider that a valid explanation: “Can’t blame the ice. Both teams play on it. It’s simple: we just didn’t play well enough. There’s no excuse of the ice being bad. We weren’t very good.”

When asked to elaborate, Couture said: “We weren’t good. We didn’t pass well, we didn’t play hard enough. We didn’t spend enough time in their end, we didn’t forecheck, we turned pucks over. I mean, you go down the list, we did a lot of things wrong tonight and we got what we deserved.”

The first period was balanced in scoring and shots. The Sharks spent a spell in the Columbus zone before finally scoring first at 11:50 of the first period. Couture was in front of the net, trying to get a shot off but the puck slipped away from him. Labanc was right on the spot to catch it and take the shot. Assists went to Couture and Marc-Edouard Vlasic. It was Labanc’s second goal of the season.

The Blue Jackets tied it up at 16:30 with a goal from Anthony Duclair. The goal came after a lot of pressure from the Blue Jackets all around the Sharks’ zone. Ryan Murray sent the puck down from the blue line to bounce off the back boards where Duclair picked it up and took it behind the net for a wraparound. Assists went to Murray and Alexander Wennberg.

Columbus scored twice in the second period, the first at 9:15. Duclair, near the goal line, moved the puck out in front of the net where it went off the skate of Seth Jones as Jones was stopping in front of the blue paint. Assists went to Duclair and Lukas Sedlak.

Foligno gave the Blue Jackets a two goal lead at 18:40 of the period. Erik Karlsson’s pass to Vlasic along the blue line missed and went off the boards to Markus Nutivaara. He made a quick pass up to a fast-moving Foligno in the neutral zone. Foligno skated in and beat Aaron Dell on the left side.

The only goal of the third period came with just 1:01 left in the game, a short-handed, empty-net goal from Josh Anderson.

The Sharks ended the game with a 5-on-3 power play, but it only lasted 22 seconds before they ran out of time.

The Sharks will host the Philadelphia Flyers for their next game on Saturday at 7:30 PM PT.

San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa Walsh: Sharks aim to make amends tonight after loss to Rangers last Tuesday

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mercurynews.com photo: Sharks forwards Logan Couture (39) and Tomas Hertl (48), seen here celebrating in a game last season, will start Thursday’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets with Kevin Labanc on their right wing. (Josie Lepe/Bay Area News Group)

On the Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 The second place San Jose Sharks (6-3-3) came up short in a shootout with the New York Rangers (4-7-1) last Tuesday. The Sharks got goal help from Tomas Hertl early on. Hertl’s goal contributed to a tie at the time 3-3.

#2 The Rangers came back and got goals from Chris Kreider, who scored twice, and Nats Zuccarello.

#3 The Sharks’ Timo Meier and Brett Burns also scored for the Sharks.

#4 In the shootout, goalie Martin Jones stopped all but one shot. The Rangers’ Kevin Shattenkirk scored the game-winning goal in the shootout.

#5 The Sharks take on the Columbus Blue Jackets (6-5-0) tonight at SAP Center. Mary Lisa sets this one up.

Mary Lisa Walsh does the San Jose Sharks podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Hertl Beats the Clock, but Hank Is King in the Rangers’ 4-3 Shootout Win Over the Sharks

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By Jerry Feitelberg

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks fell to the visiting New York Rangers 4-3 in a shootout Tuesday night, but in many ways they should feel fortunate to walk away with even the loser point. Tomas Hertl with less than two seconds left and the Sharks’ net empty to tie the game at 3-3. Chris Kreider scored twice for the Rangers and Mats Zuccarello netted a goal for the Blue shirts. Timo Meier scored his team-best ninth goal of the year for the Sharks and Brent Burns scored his third of the year.

San Jose now moves into a tie for first place in the Pacific Division with Calgary, each team boasting 15 points–though, the Sharks have a game in hand. The Rangers pick up a fourth win in their 12th game of what looks like it will be a long season.

Burns opened the scoring just 3:22 into play, beating Henrik Lundqvist for a 1-0 Sharks lead. That’d be the last thing to go right for the Sharks in the first after Zuccarello found the equalizer a minute later. New York outshot San Jose 17-6 in the period.

The otherwise lifeless Sharks picked up the pace in the second, peppering Lundqvist with 14 shots to just six on their keeper Martin Jones, but neither team could break the stalemate. Kreider opened the third with his fifth goal of the season one-timer just 1:13 into the period before Meier stepped up.

The power forward continued his breakout year coming in on a 2-on-1 8:14 into the third. Instead of passing the puck, Meier ripped a lethal snipe to tie the game. Kreider would again provide a dagger with 9:55 left in the period. Hertl beat lundvist with Jones pulled to tie the game at three-all with just 1.6 seconds left in regulation.

In the shootout both goalies stood tall. Jones, after making 34 saves in regulation and overtime, stopped all but one of the shooters he faced. Kevin Shattenkirk was the lone man to beat him, but Hank was also up to the challenge and didn’t let up a single shootout goal after making 31 saves over regulation and overtime.

The Sharks continue a three-game homestand, taking on the Columbus Blue Jackets Thursday night before welcoming in another Eastern Conference foe, the Philadelphia Flyers Saturday night.

Meier gets his second goal after all; Sharks pull off OT win 4-3 over Ducks

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By: Pearl Lo

ANAHEIM, Calif. — After an overturned goal, Timo Meier scored the game-winner in a 4-3 victory Sunday over the Ducks.

It was Meier’s second career multi-point game and fourth straight game with at least one goal. Meier scored his second of the night at 13:06, but it was ruled offsides after a Coach’s Challenge.

In overtime, Meier passed behind to Joonas Donskoi before falling after he was hit by Ryan Getzlaf. Meier then received the pass after getting back and shot at goalie John Gibson. The three Anaheim players on the ice plus Donskoi also got involved in the battle of the puck before Meier won at 2:12.

Joking occurred in the locker room after, as Evander Kane interjected, “You’re welcome for dinner last night,” and Meier echoed that was the “…success. That’s what helped…”

It was a bit of familiar territory with San Jose’s second straight game beyond regulation after losing a two-goal lead.

Head coach Peter DeBoer commented, “I don’t know about a comeback. I thought we deserved to win. There was a big swing in the second period when our goal was disallowed and then they got the ‘seeing eye’ one. I thought we had an opportunity there to probably put them away and we wouldn’t have come down to what it did, but that’s hockey. You gotta give them credit for hanging around. Gibson gave them the chance to do that. I liked our 60 minutes. Unlike Carolina, where we started to panic a little with the puck and feed into what they were doing, I thought we did a much better job tonight.”

The Sharks got back to their shooting ways, sending 49 pucks Gibson’s way after putting up 23 shots on net versus the Hurricanes.

It was a game that pitted two teams at both ends of the shot spectrum.

The Ducks went back to three years ago, having now lost five in a row like that stretch as they fell beyond .500. During their current stretch in a game, Sunday’s three goals are the most they have scored, but they are also still giving up at least three. San Jose now have points and have scored at least three goals in their last five games. It was Martin Jones’ fourth straight win in net, as he made 27 saves on 30 shots.

Meier also had an assist, Logan Couture had a goal and assist and rookie Rourke Chartier scored his first career NHL goal. For Anaheim, Pontus Aberg scored two goals to bring Anaheim back into the game, Josh Manson scored and Ryan Getzlaf had two assists for the second time this season. The last time was versus the Sharks.

The first two periods had goals in the second and fourth minutes.

San Jose outshot the Ducks 19-8 in the first and had 11 of their shots blocked as both sides had early goals.

Couture led off at 2:34, scoring as the puck went off Gibson’s back. Tomas Hertl passed along the left boards to Brent Burns near the point, who bounced the puck to Couture off the boards. Hertl made his return from injury after missing the third period of the previous game.

Less than two minutes later, Manson potted his first goal of the year from the slot as it went through traffic on Jones’ stick side.

The Sharks started the second with another second minute goal to retake the lead. It started as Chartier won the race to the puck and passed to Hertl at the end boards. Hertl tried a wraparound goal and from Hertl’s rebound off Gibson, Chartier spun around in front of the net to score at 2:13.

San Jose then extended their advantage, unlike the first period. Meier shot from the slot through traffic, as the puck glanced Gibson’s upper left arm.

Aberg made it 3-2 when he took a pass from Getzlaf and shot, touching Burns and poked the top left corner of the net. It was Aberg’s first goal for Anaheim as a former Edmonton Oiler.

Aberg relayed, “I got a lucky bounce on the first goal. It was a confidence builder. It’s been a while since I’ve scored in this league. I’ve shown I can [score] in the American [Hockey] League.”

The Sharks fought off their first penalty that resulted in a power play starting at 4:02 of the third.

A scary moment happened when a puck hit Ryan Kesler up high with 13:33 left. Luckily, he was able to get up on his own power, but headed to the dressing room.

Aberg re-tied the game with his second goal of the night at 8:36, putting the puck behind Jones who was in front of the crease.

Less than a minute later, San Jose had opportunity as Brandon Montour took a hooking penalty. Kesler returned during the penalty kill with 9:56 left.

The Sharks outshot the Ducks 5-0 in overtime.

Up Next: San Jose returns home for four games, kicking things off against the New York Rangers Tuesday at 7:30 pm PT.